Jeff Nichols Quotes
I'm really calculating when it comes to these scripts - I'm really calculated about character behavior and dialogue.
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Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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Beginning with the No Child Left Behind law and continuing today with Race to the Top, the federal emphasis on standardized assessments has become so excessive that it has modified state and district behavior in troubling ways.
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I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.
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It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.
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A low standard of prayer means a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone labor effectively among men who impetuously fling themselves upward towards God.
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When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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I'm really calculating when it comes to these scripts - I'm really calculated about character behavior and dialogue.
